PRELIMINARY REPORT

Accident to the Pilatus PC6 registered D-FIPS on 28/06/2026 at Tomblaine

The BEA is publishing a preliminary investigation report today regarding the accident involving the Pilatus PC-6 (registration D-FIPS) on June 28, 2026, in Tomblaine.

A final report presenting our conclusions will be published at a later date.

ACTIVITY REPORT 2025

2025 REPORT

The BEA publishes its 2025 activity report:

- Accident summary
- Closed investigations
- General reflections
- Safety recommendations
- Laboratory activities
- International activities
- Communication activities
- Human resources & finance

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- In addition to investigation reports, the BEA publishes supplementary materials on some of them for commercial aircraft operators.

- This additional content may take the form of "safety digests" and / or videos (animation, lessons learned etc.)

- To promote this content and facilitate its consultation by operators, a new webpage called "Safety Hub" is now available to operators and summarizes the latest commercial transport investigations for which additional content has been published.

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Location of the latest opened investigations

News: posts @BEA_Aero (X)

BEA ✈️ ⚙️🔬🇫🇷 @BEA_Aero · 19 hours ago

🗓️26/10/26 to 01/11/26 (2/2): @BEA_Aero is participating in investigation into 3 events (including N704RH/N501HL and VT-HCX) which occurred abroad. bea.aero/en/investigati…

BEA ✈️ ⚙️🔬🇫🇷 @BEA_Aero · 19 hours ago

🗓️26/10/26 au 01/11/26 (1/2) : Trois événements (dont N704RH/N501HL et VT-HCX) font l'objet d'enquête auxquelles @BEA_Aero participe. bea.aero/index.php?id=1…

BEA ✈️ ⚙️🔬🇫🇷 @BEA_Aero · 2 days ago

⚠️ Accident mortel d'un #ulm Zenair 601 identifié 25Z survenu le 03/11/26 à Chaux-lès-Clerval / Ouverture d'une enquête BEA / 3 enquêteurs se sont rendus sur site.

BEA ✈️ ⚙️🔬🇫🇷 @BEA_Aero · 7 days ago

📄 Rapport d'enquête sur l'accident du Wassmer WA54 immatriculé F-GAIB le 13/08/2024 à proximité de l’aérodrome de Chartres / Diminutions successives de la puissance du moteur en montée initiale, demi-tour, collision avec le sol. bea.aero/les-enquetes/e…

BEA ✈️ ⚙️🔬🇫🇷 @BEA_Aero · 7 days ago

🗓️19/10/26 to 25/10/26 (2/2): @BEA_Aero is participating in investigation into 2 events (CC-BFS and N167GT) which occurred abroad. bea.aero/en/investigati…